Friday, August 15, 2008

Rummel Lake

Our latest conquest was the hike to Rummel Lake... okay, an easy enough hike that it wasn't much of a "conquest" per se, but quite beautiful and we couldn't help taking a ton of shots. It's 8.6 km round trip to Rummel Lake with only 355 m elevation gain... an extra 5km round trip and 185m elevation gain to the pass that we didn't quite reach due to time constraints (it was a UFC fight night ... "date night") and because we hit a bouldery section that wasn't too fun for Kali's paws.

A pleasant cascade on the way to Rummel Lake:

We also picked up some hiking poles... here's a great shot of Tom standing on a big boulder modeling them: The pass above Rummel Lake: A sweet limestone erratic with Tom & Kali for scale. There were some stromatoporoids and colonial corals scattered about. On our way back down: A moose on the side of the road when we returned to the car:

1 comment:

gnat said...

Gorgeous!
Two things:
1) my hiking poles busted on Mt Whitney this week. :( sad.
2) I stole your erratic photo for teaching - hope that's ok! It's poifect!